The East Village master plan and redevelopment thread
East Village Development Project
Concept Design Workshop #2
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
MSU Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
Lobby Level, Centennial Rooms B&C
55 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI
DESIGN WORKSHOP AGENDA
I. Refreshments
II. East Village Phase One Update
III. Presentation by 5+ Design Architects
IV. Break-Out Sessions
V. Questions & Comments
RSVP to Traci Merkel at mailto:tmerkel@piercecompany.com ( mailto:tmerkel@piercecompany.com ) or 619-297-0400 by Friday, April 13.
Please contact Traci with questions.
We look forward to seeing you!
Concept Design Workshop #2
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
MSU Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
Lobby Level, Centennial Rooms B&C
55 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI
DESIGN WORKSHOP AGENDA
I. Refreshments
II. East Village Phase One Update
III. Presentation by 5+ Design Architects
IV. Break-Out Sessions
V. Questions & Comments
RSVP to Traci Merkel at mailto:tmerkel@piercecompany.com ( mailto:tmerkel@piercecompany.com ) or 619-297-0400 by Friday, April 13.
Please contact Traci with questions.
We look forward to seeing you!
Comments
By KRISTEN DAUM
The State News
And then there was one.
When Pierce Company officials left East Lansing five weeks ago, they said they'd return after narrowing down five preliminary design concepts for the East Village project.
The San Diego-based master developer plans to unveil one design concept based from the original five when they visit in 10 days, said Theresa Nakata, vice president of marketing and communications for The Pierce Company Inc.
"We're moving forward, and we're excited," Nakata said.
City officials want the East Village redevelopment to bring a mix of retail, residential and entertainment properties to the area bounded by Hagadorn Road, East Grand River Avenue, Bogue Street and the Red Cedar River.
Nakata said at the end of February that the representatives planned to bring back at least two or three concepts, which would take into consideration feedback from East Lansing residents.
........................... (more in the article at the State News: http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=40602)
Representatives from The Pierce Company Inc. will be sharing an updated design concept with East Lansing officials. The representatives are scheduled to speak at the following meetings, which are open to the public:
• City Council meeting
7:30 p.m., April 17, Union
• ASMSU Student Assembly meeting
6:30 p.m., April 19, 328 Student Services
Source: The Pierce Company
I should have some pictures of it up here soon.
One of the other ideas would be that the retail that is facing Bogue would instead be two floor tall brownstones with the residential above. This would ease the transition in to the University better.
I am waiting to hear back from one of the photographers at the workshop to get copies of her photos of the foamboard.
Location: The site is bounded by East Grand River Avenue (north), Hagadorn Road (east), Bogue Street (west) and the Red Cedar River (south). The site is contiguous to MSU on two sides (Bogue and Red Cedar River).
Developer: The Pierce Company
Cost: $500 million (estimated)
Land Area: 35 acres
Investment Banker: Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Tentative Development Program:
410,000 square feet of retail space
200,000 square feet of civic and/or university office space
1,300 units of housing with approximately 2,500 beds, including rental housing for undergraduate and graduate students, and for-sale housing for faculty, staff, alumni and the workforce
200-room Hotel with a 35,000 square foot conference center
4,780 parking spaces
12-acre riverfront park
[ulist][li]Concept A[/li][li]Concept B[/li][li]Concept C[/li][li]Concept D[/li][li]Concept E[/li][/ulist]
I think there is something very interesting to call to attention or to predict. Recently The Pierce Company, the developers of this project, purchased the Chandler Crossings portfolio for about $100 million, making them the largest landowner in the East Lansing area. The number of student rentals in the development will be a decrease from the current number. Do you think it is a conflict of interest that the Pierce Company can effectively eliminate 2,000 rental units and stall the project, allowing them to inflate the prices for Chandler Crossings due to their now monopoly? The Chandler Crossings is about 2,000 UNITS in itself, and there are 2,000 RESIDENTS in the East Village area, all renters. This means there will be 2,000 displaced persons, forcing the demand much higher for places in Chandler Crossings. Maybe the City of East Lansing should question this conflict of interest here. Some may say it is just smart business, but I think there could be reasoning now for the Pierce Company to either purposefully delay the finishing of the construction or to even further limit the amount of student rentals in the development.